Bottleholder



A ril 12, 1949.

C. W. KINCAID BOTTLE HOLDER File d Jan. 17, 1946 V IENOR. 'C'HA/n E5 Mflue-410. BY

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 12,1949

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOTTLEHOLDER Charles W. Kincaid, Cincinnati,Ohio Application January 17, 1946, Serial No. 641,770

Claims. 1

This invention relates to dispensers for bottled liquids, and while itis susceptible of a variety of uses, it is designed particularly fordispensing measured quantities of whiskey.

The Federal law requires that whiskey bottles when once emptied be notagain used but be broken. With this provision of the Federal law inmind, it is an object of my invention to provide a device of the typedescribed into which a whiskey Joottlefmay be placed for the purpose ofdispensing drinks but from which said bottle cannot be removed except bybreaking the bottle.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a metering device foruse in connection with the dispenser which will measure out apredetermined volume of liquid at each actuation.

Further objects of my invention include provision of a device which isextremely simple and foolproof, and which can be cheaply and sturdilymade.

These and other objects of my invention which will be described in moredetail hereinafter, or which will be apparent to one skilled in the artupon reading these specifications, I accomplish by that construction andarrangement of parts ofwhich I shall now describe an exemplaryembodiment.

Reference is made to the drawings forming a part hereof and in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my device as viewed from the front,and

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the same taken on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Briefly in the practice of my invention, I provlde a shell-like bottleholder composed of two parts indicated generally at and H, Which arearranged to slide one upon the other as by means of flanges 12 turnedinwardly from the wall of'the member Hi, and engaging over the edge ofthe member II. The member Il may be screwed or suitably fastened to astrengthening member [3, and the whole may be suitably mounted upon abase M. In the wall of the member 10, I provide a rack or ratchetindicated generally :at [5, which may be formed by providing a series ofparallel indentations in the rear wall of the member 10, or if deired, arack or ratchet may be formed of a separate strip carrying theindentations, and fastened to the back of the member ID.

A pawl member l6, having a tooth element ll, forms a part of the memberH. The member l6 may be an integral part of the member H by being cutout therefrom and having the end bent over, or it may be a separatespring-like element fastened as by rivets Hi to the member ll, asI haveshown it in Figure 2. A metering device which I will describe in moredetail hereinafter, is indicated generally at l9, and is fastened to themember I I in any desired way. The member l9 provides a seat for theneck of a bottle. The seat 20 also serves to form a seal between themembers 23 and 25.

From the foregoing description it will be clear that the member I? maybe withdrawn from contact with the ratchet or rack I5, and the membersill and l i may be relatively slid apart to the extent that a whiskeybottle (indicated diagram matically at 2| in Figure 2), may be insertedtherein. With the opening, or neck of the whiskey bottle 2| resting uponthe seat 20, the member iii may be slid downward as seenin the drawing,so that the bottom Illa of the member 10,

presses the bottle 2| against the seat 20. It will be clear that thetooth ll of the pawl l6, will ride over the lips of the rack or ratchetl5, during the movement of sliding the parts [0 and H together, but thatonce the bottle is tightly positioned, the members l0 and Il cannot bepulled apart because of the engagement of the tooth H with the rack l5.The pawl and ratchet as will be clear from a consideration of Figure 2,

are held in engagement by the bottle 2| bearing against the member l6,and it will be clear that the only way to get the bottle out of theholder is to break it. Thus my device makes it necessary to observe theFederal law in regard to breaking empty whiskey bottles.

The member I9 is preferably provided with a rim lllb so that the bottlemay not be removed by pulling it laterally out of the holder. The neckend of the bottle cannot be pulled laterally because of the shoulder 22,as will be described hereinafter.

The metering device which I have illustrated, is extremely simple andefficient in operation. It comprises a metering body 23, the lower endof which is extended as at 24, to provide a bearing sleeve. At its upperend the metering body is provided with a gasket support 25, upon whichrests the gasket 20. The gasket 20 is held together with the support 25in engagement with the metering body 23 by means of the shoulder 22 onthe cap 26, which is screwed on to the body 23. The metering body isprovided with a valve member indicated generally at 21,,having anintegral bead 28 to prevent it from falling out of the metering body. Itwill be noted that the member 21 is of such length that the upper endthereof does not enter the aperture 29 with the exposed to the interiorof the metering body.

Thus, when the member 27 has been raised a sufficient amount, the upperaperture 29 is effectively closed and the metered liquid within themetering body 23', can now run out through the apertures 30 and theinterior of the valve member 2'5, into a whiskey glass or the like,indicated generally at 3!.

The metering body is preferably mounted on the member I I by means of acollar 92, which fits snugly around the meterin body and is providedwith flanges 33, which may be suitably fastened to the member ll. At thefront, the member 32 is preferably provided with an extension 34, whichmay be used as a thumb grip in connection with the actuating memberwhich will now be described.

I prefer to provide a collar member 95 about the lower end of the valveelement 2'5, which collar member 35 may have pins 36, extendinglaterally therefrom. A Y -shaped actuating member 31 is pivoted on thepins 35, and also is pivoted as at 38 to the handle member 39, which maybe pivoted on the member 32, as at 49.

By placing the thumb on the member 34 and the first finger under themember 27 and pressing the fingers together, it will be clear that thevalve element 21 will be raised upwardly to seal the opening 29 andexpose the apertures 39, thus metering a drink into the glass 3|.

In order to count the number of drinks dispensed from this dispenser, Iprefer to attach a simple counter, for example of the Veeder-Root type,as indicated at 4|, the actuating arm 42 of which I connect by means ofa link 43 to the pin 36, so that each time the member 31 is actuated,this actuation is registered on the counter 4|. By means of thisarrangement it is possible for a bar tender to hand the dispenser with abottle therein, to a customer making note of the reading of the counter,and then let the customer help himself. -When the customer is ready topay his check, it is only necessary to check the counter and observe howmany drinks have'been taken from the bottle.

It will be clear that numerous modifications can be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not intendto limit myself except as pointed out in the claims which follow.

Havin now fully described an embodiment of my invention, what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A dispenser for bottled liquids comprising a bottle holding memberinto which a bottle may 4 be placed, means preventing removal of saidbottle therefrom except by breakage of the bottle, said bottle holdingmember comprising two elements slidable the one upon the other, andmeans actuated by a bottle in said holding member to prevent relativelysliding of said elements in one direction.

2. A device according to claim 1, in which said last mentioned meanscomprises a pawl forming part of one of said elements and a rack formingpart of the other of said elements, said pawl being held in engagementwith said rack by contact with a bottle in said holder.

3. In a dispenser for bottled liquids, a bottle holding membercomprising two relatively movable elements, one of said elementscomprising means to engage the mouth of a bottle and the other of saidelements comprising means to engage the base of a bottle, and means toprevent separation of said elements, said means being operated by abottle in said dispenser, whereby said bottle must be broken for removalfrom said dispenser.

4. In a dispenser for bottled liquids, a bottle holding membercomprising two relatively slidable elements, one of said elementscomprising means to engage the mouth of a bottle and the other of saidelements comprising means to engage the base ofa bottle, and means tolock said elements against sliding apart, said means being operated by abottle in said dispenser, whereby said bottle must be broken for removalfrom said dispenser.

5. In a dispenser for bottled liquids, a bottle holding membercomprising two relatively slidable elements, one of said elementscomprising means to engage the mouth of a bottle and the other of saidelements comprising means to engage the base of a bottle, a rackassociated with one of said elements and a pawl associated with theother of said elements, said pawl being positioned to be forced intoengagement with said rack by a bottle in said dispenser, whereby saidelements cannot be separated except after breaking the bottle in saiddispenser.

CHARLES W. KINCAID.

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